Join me, Father Thaddeus Langton, as I lead a 40-day consecration to the Immaculate Conception.

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Hello, I'm Father Joe Roche of the Marian Fathers of the Immaculate Conception.

Thank you for joining us as we continue with our year-long journey, reading the diary of

St. Maria Faustina Kovalska from beginning to end. Today we take up from where we left off,

beginning with diary entry number 1287. Despite the peace in my soul, I fight a continuous battle with the enemy of my soul. More and more,

I am discovering his traps and the battle flares up anew.

During interludes of calm, I exercise myself and keep watch,

lest the enemy find me unprepared.

And when I see his great fury, I stay inside the stronghold,

that is, the most sacred heart of Jesus.

September 19, 1937.

Today the Lord told me,

My daughter, write that it pains me very much when religious souls

receive the sacrament of love merely out of habit, as if they did not distinguish this food.

I find neither faith nor love in their hearts.

I go to such souls with great reluctance.

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